Each of you will be assigned to investigate and teach the class about one of the 12 שבטים. You will have to find and fill in on the wiki page of your שבט the following information:
A good place to start looking is פרק כט פסוק ל פרק ל פסוק כה, and פרק לה פסוקים יז -י״ט. Google can also be a very good resource if used correctly. Family information (5 pts)
Who is his mother?
Who are his siblings?
His name (5 pts)
Who named him?
Why was he named this? Or what does his name mean?
At least one commentary that explains the name
His life (5 pts)
Cite one or two stories that the תורה tells us about him. What does this story tell us about what kind of person he is?
If you can not find any mention from the תורה itself cite a story from a מדרש or a גמרא
גמרא/מדרש
Find one Gemara or Midrash about this שבט
Picture (3 pts)
Insert on picture into the wiki page that has to do with your שבט
Explain how/why/what the picture has to with your שבט
Your thoughts: (2 pts)
Did you like using the wiki? Why or why not?
Would you have preferred a regular worksheet?
Did you use class time productively on a scale of 1-5 (1 being not very productive, 5 being very productive)
You should source all things you are quoting. Failure to do so is plagiarism.
Please post your name and your שבט of choice here. Make sure to press save at the top left of the screen.
This project is worth 20 points and is due Friday. We will vote as a a class whether this material will be on this test Wednesday 3/6 or on the following following test.
ראובן - asaf שמעון - Alex לוי - aleck יהודה - Farrago יששכר - eli זבולון - mikki דן - freedman נפתלי - Rebwass גד - Sam אשר - oshry יוסף - Jed בנימין - effie
12 tribes project
Each of you will be assigned to investigate and teach the class about one of the 12 שבטים. You will have to find and fill in on the wiki page of your שבט the following information:
A good place to start looking is פרק כט פסוק ל פרק ל פסוק כה, and פרק לה פסוקים יז -י״ט. Google can also be a very good resource if used correctly.
Family information (5 pts)
- Who is his mother?
- Who are his siblings?
His name (5 pts)- Who named him?
- Why was he named this? Or what does his name mean?
- At least one commentary that explains the name
His life (5 pts)- Cite one or two stories that the תורה tells us about him. What does this story tell us about what kind of person he is?
- If you can not find any mention from the תורה itself cite a story from a מדרש or a גמרא
- גמרא/מדרש
- Find one Gemara or Midrash about this שבט
Picture (3 pts)Your thoughts: (2 pts)
- Did you like using the wiki? Why or why not?
- Would you have preferred a regular worksheet?
- Did you use class time productively on a scale of 1-5 (1 being not very productive, 5 being very productive)
You should source all things you are quoting. Failure to do so is plagiarism.Please post your name and your שבט of choice here. Make sure to press save at the top left of the screen.
This project is worth 20 points and is due Friday. We will vote as a a class whether this material will be on this test Wednesday 3/6 or on the following following test.
ראובן - asaf
שמעון - Alex
לוי - aleck
יהודה - Farrago
יששכר - eli
זבולון - mikki
דן - freedman
נפתלי - Rebwass
גד - Sam
אשר - oshry
יוסף - Jed
בנימין - effie